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The finest quality print from a series of female characters of the German poet Goethe, represented here by one of the greatest 19th Century German painters, William von Kaulbach
(see more, below).
Print Specifics:
- Type of print: Intaglio, steel line & stipple engraving
- Year of printing: not indicated in the print. Actual: 1867
- Publisher: Theo Stroeffer, 816 Broadway; Munich, Frederick Druckmann.
- Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Light age toning of paper.
- Dimensions: 12 x 16.5
inches (30 x 42 cm), including blank margins around the image.
- Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
- Reverse side: Blank
- Note: 1. Green 'border' around the
print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was
photographed. 2. The detail of the print is much sharper than the photo of the print.
Narrative:
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The last of these varied types selected by the painter is the heroine
of the charming elegy Alexis und Dora, which, were it not too long, to
quote, would be the best possible commentary that could be given here.
Alexis, from childhood upwards, has regarded his neighbour Dora as men
gaze at the stars, rejoicing in a beauty which they never think of as
belonging to them; and now the hour has arrived when he must part from
her, when he must make his first
voyage across the barren sea whose heavenly
blue is to him as the color oi night'. All is prepared and he
goes to take leave of Dora, who smiling tells
him that as he is going to visit foreign lands he may buy a
gold chain for her neck which she will thankfully pay for.
'He stands, affecting the merchant, and asking for details,
Of form and of weight,'
She names a very modest sum, as that which she can afford. Meanwhils he
gazes on the neck that chain is to surround, a neck worthy of queenly
jewels. And while he thus feasts his eyes, the harsh sound of impatient
shipmates calling on him to hasten, disturbs his felicity. She
kindly bids him take some fruit from her garden, which he will not get
at sea:
'Nimm die reifsten Orangen, die weissen Feigen; das Meer birgt
Keine Fruchte, sie bringt jegliches Land nicht hervor.' -
He is only too happy to receive anything from her.
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